Let Us Promote Coconut Water as a Healthy Drink

In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning “tree which gives all that is necessary for living” since nearly all parts of the tree can be used in one way or
another.

If you open a fresh young coconut, you will see a thin layer of meat and an almost clear coconut juice or water which has a slight almond flavor. Coconut water is consumed as a fresh drink from the coconut. It is so natural, low in carbohydrates, 99% fat free and low in sugars.
Coconut water is a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. It is the fluid of life, so to speak. During the war, coconut water was siphoned directly from the nut to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers.

According to Mortin Satin of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, coconut water is the very stuff of nature, biologically pure, full of natural sugars, salts and vitamins to ward off fatigue and is the next wave of energy drink, but natural. Coconut water contains more potassium than most sports and energy drinks. It contains organic compounds vitamins and minerals which have healthy growth promoting properties known to help keep our body cool at the proper temperature, carry nutrients and oxygen to the cells, naturally replenish our body’s fluids after exercising, and raise our metabolism. Coconut water has plant hormones like cytokinin, gibberiline and auxins which promote health and growth. It keeps people young and virile.

Coconut water is a natural diuretic. It increases urine flow. It also helps to dilute the urine so that stones are less likely to form and helps to flush existing stones out. Researchers have reported that coconut water helps in preventing bladder infections. Medical researchers have also shown that regular consumption of coconut water is effective in dissolving kidney stones. It likewise prevents the formation of kidney stones.

According to Ayurvedic classics, coconut water is wholesome for the heart and relieves burning sensation. Since it is a rich source of cardio protective factors like L-arginine, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C and globulin, coconut water ameliorates body temperature, moderates heartbeat and strengthens heart muscles.

When Harry Belafonte, originally from the lavish coconut islands of the West Indies sang the calypso: “Coconut woman is calling out, everyday you can hear her shout: Coconut water is good for your daughter,“ he was not only singing rhyme and rhythm. He was saying what generations before him considered a universal truth.

Let us therefore vigorously promote coconut water as a healthy drink. Let’s do it.